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romney handled himself quite well. is he an adept debater. the problem is, it isn't a 1980s situation. the theory going into the race on the romney side is he has to show up and reassure people. that's what his whole convention was about. he has a much higher bar than that. he needs to convince people that his program is a better answer for the country. that's what he has to do. it's not going to be easy to do because there's going to be lots of distractions coming at him and the president himself is quite an adept debater. >> he had clinton at the convention. >> that comes down to the two theories of the race. one was right, one was wrong. the romney theory, tell ople it's okay even though the president's a nice guy to vote against him because everyone's primed to vote against him. the democrats went into the convention realizing they needed to make a substantive case and tear down romney's agenda. romney needs to build that up again. >> have you everybody observed, mortimer, how -- have you observed, mortimer, how much the president relies
romney handled himself quite well. is he an adept debater. the problem is, it isn't a 1980s situation. the theory going into the race on the romney side is he has to show up and reassure people. that's what his whole convention was about. he has a much higher bar than that. he needs to convince people that his program is a better answer for the country. that's what he has to do. it's not going to be easy to do because there's going to be lots of distractions coming at him and the president...
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talking about a good debater governor romney is. that is because they need to reassure their supporters that this race isn't over. it's still close. he can turn it around and the debates will be an opportunity to do this. >> woodruff: this is a different period of expectation setting, stu, than what we normally see. >> a little bit. i think susan is exactly right. i saw robert gibbs on television a couple days ago. he was talking about mitt romney has debated so much times and the president hasn't debated in four years. i think they are trying to lower expectations but you don't hear that same thing from the romney camp. some of this is a need, a desire, to create some momentum on the part of the challenger when there is, you know, so much finger pointing mostly by conservatives and republicans complaining about the romney campaign. >> woodruff: and there's been a fair amount of that. stu, what about in terms of setting the table for substance in are there things the candidates are talking about at this point to lay the groundwork f
talking about a good debater governor romney is. that is because they need to reassure their supporters that this race isn't over. it's still close. he can turn it around and the debates will be an opportunity to do this. >> woodruff: this is a different period of expectation setting, stu, than what we normally see. >> a little bit. i think susan is exactly right. i saw robert gibbs on television a couple days ago. he was talking about mitt romney has debated so much times and the...
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john mccain stood against obama in 2008 and is helping governor romney prepare for the debate. >> us, said there was a strong horse and we course, people like these from worse. we are clearly the week course in the middle east today. we are paying a very heavy price for that. >> the increased the size of the army and navy, and stopping iran from reaching enough uranium to build a bomb. one senior adviser says it could be dangerous. >> a lot of swagger, not a lot of cooperation, probably being a little to trigger happy. as a candidate, he has a tendency to shoot first and then later. >> he says obama should have given more of the lead. saying the administration shied away from admitting that the ambassador was killed by terrorists. dodge there were many days where we knew it was a spontaneous demonstration or a terrorist attack. >> of the suggestion that anybody on my team would play politics or mislead we have lost four of our own governor his offensive. >> after row, even tiny slips and victories can matter. while many americans don't care that much about foreign affairs, they do car
john mccain stood against obama in 2008 and is helping governor romney prepare for the debate. >> us, said there was a strong horse and we course, people like these from worse. we are clearly the week course in the middle east today. we are paying a very heavy price for that. >> the increased the size of the army and navy, and stopping iran from reaching enough uranium to build a bomb. one senior adviser says it could be dangerous. >> a lot of swagger, not a lot of...
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unlike the first debate between obama and romney, the next two will deal with foreign policy, including an all foreign policy forum on october 22. tonight, we will preview the next two debates and look at the critical foreign-policy issues of our time with phyllis bennis at ththe new director of international projectsism. that is coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just tried to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed two million dollars to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp out color. -- we can stamp out hunger. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: phyllis bennis is the new director for the international ism project. she joined us tonight from new york. it is good to have you back on this program. >> great to be with you, tavis. poopsie but in and ryan went -- tavis: biden and ryan went after it tonight.
unlike the first debate between obama and romney, the next two will deal with foreign policy, including an all foreign policy forum on october 22. tonight, we will preview the next two debates and look at the critical foreign-policy issues of our time with phyllis bennis at ththe new director of international projectsism. that is coming up right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just tried to live my life every day by...
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something about the dynamics of the debate was different. suddenly, mitt romney appeared to be comfortable talking about his wealth. after all those clunky moments and all those things which sort of jargon, summit seemed to have whispered in his ear, "it is ok to talk about how well the you are. get to work." them and staying with the theme, this primaries are costing a fortune. the super pac's with money coming out of their ears, it seems. is it going to be an indicator of how much money will be spent in the actual election? then the europeans, i think, have always found this a slightly unseemly spectacle. it doesn't 5, the british election from start to finish, all costs came to about $130 million. newt gingrich and mitt romney and their supporters in florida alone in the past couple of weeks have spent something in the region of $20 million. i mean, it is a staggering comparison. i did not think people unnecessarily aware outside the u.s. is the impact of the citizens united ruling by the supreme court, but there is an understanding that
something about the dynamics of the debate was different. suddenly, mitt romney appeared to be comfortable talking about his wealth. after all those clunky moments and all those things which sort of jargon, summit seemed to have whispered in his ear, "it is ok to talk about how well the you are. get to work." them and staying with the theme, this primaries are costing a fortune. the super pac's with money coming out of their ears, it seems. is it going to be an indicator of how much...
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something about the dynamics of the debate. suddenly, he appeared to be comfortable talking about his wealth. after all of those clunky moments, all of those things that jarred. it seems that someone whispered in his ear and it seems to have work. >> these primaries are costing a fortune. we have the super pacs with money coming out of their ears. is this an indicator of how much will be spent in the actual election? >> republicans have found this an unseemly spectacle. the last british election from start to finish, came to about $130 million. newt gingrich and mitt romney and their supporters in florida alone have spent something in the region of $20 million. this is a staggering comparison. i don't think that people are necessarily aware of the u.s. just -- aware outside of the u.s. about the ruling in citizens united. >> very briefly, what is the white house making all of this? >> in joining -- enjoying it, i suppose. >> thank you very much. conflict, famine, piracy are all associated with somalia. just last week, u.s. spec
something about the dynamics of the debate. suddenly, he appeared to be comfortable talking about his wealth. after all of those clunky moments, all of those things that jarred. it seems that someone whispered in his ear and it seems to have work. >> these primaries are costing a fortune. we have the super pacs with money coming out of their ears. is this an indicator of how much will be spent in the actual election? >> republicans have found this an unseemly spectacle. the last...
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in this exchange the argument between romney and santorum seemed to be about birth control, but it really was about who do you trust? >> you said i personally opposed creptives -- crept isks but said you -- contraceptisks but voted for title x. you didn't say this was something i was opposed to. you said it in a positive light. >> i think i was making it clear that while i have a personal moral objection to it, that even though i don't support it i voted for bills that included it and i made it very clear in subsequent interviews that i don't support that. gwen: even though i don't support it i voted for bills that included it. that's never combfment which of these guys is punching through? >> punching through is a perfect metaphor. whether either of them will be standing as tall on wednesday morning when these two states begin voting next week is the question. just to paint the picture fast, mitt romney or his super pacs will spend close to $2 million on negative ads attacking santorum. santorum will come back with about a million. and just to make it interesting and issues -- bypass --
in this exchange the argument between romney and santorum seemed to be about birth control, but it really was about who do you trust? >> you said i personally opposed creptives -- crept isks but said you -- contraceptisks but voted for title x. you didn't say this was something i was opposed to. you said it in a positive light. >> i think i was making it clear that while i have a personal moral objection to it, that even though i don't support it i voted for bills that included it...
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. >> rose: john dickerson, what does romney do coming out of this debate? >> i think what he does coming out of this, focus on the fact that the president had no, didn't talk much about new ideas for the next four years, his idea is this president is basically tired and run out of gas, and that was basically demonstrated in his performance in the first debate, the president's performance, it sort of matched the romney narrative so the narrative now is, well, he can attack me but he attacks me because we don't have any plans and we heard that line a thousand times from paul ryan so i think that is his argument coming out of this, he didn't have, with the exception of libya, any big stumbles or things that could be considered stumbles he didn't take advantage of his moment to connect with voters, he told a couple of stories, he talked a lot more about his massachusetts record than we have heard certainly earlier in the campaign, that was effort to show the connectivity with voters. i thought one thing about the real estate, this is kind of a bit of theatre re
. >> rose: john dickerson, what does romney do coming out of this debate? >> i think what he does coming out of this, focus on the fact that the president had no, didn't talk much about new ideas for the next four years, his idea is this president is basically tired and run out of gas, and that was basically demonstrated in his performance in the first debate, the president's performance, it sort of matched the romney narrative so the narrative now is, well, he can attack me but he...
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last week's debate in jacksonville, romney took aim at newt gingrich's consultant work with freddie mac. >> he should have stood up and said these things are a disaster. this is a crisis. he should have been anxiously telling the american people that these entities were cause ago housing bubble that would cause the collapse we've seen here in florida and around the country. >> governor romney owns shares of both fannie mae and freddie mac. governor romney made a million dollars off selling some of that. governor romney has an investment in goldman sachs which is today foreclosing on floridians. >> brown: in that same debate texas representative ron paul and former senator rick santorum both said fannie and freddie should be phased out. for his part, the president used his state of the union address to call for new legislation aimed at helping those unable to make their mortgage payments. >> responsible homeowners shouldn't have to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom to get some relief. and that's why i'm sending this congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner t
last week's debate in jacksonville, romney took aim at newt gingrich's consultant work with freddie mac. >> he should have stood up and said these things are a disaster. this is a crisis. he should have been anxiously telling the american people that these entities were cause ago housing bubble that would cause the collapse we've seen here in florida and around the country. >> governor romney owns shares of both fannie mae and freddie mac. governor romney made a million dollars off...
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. >> charlie: mike is this as much fun for you as watching the republican debates which you've also been writing about. >> you know charlie, i've been writing, you asked me what i thought about mr. romney's comment about the very floor but we'll save that for another day because let me tell you something, if you're going to make me choose between contact sports, i will take giants patriots over romney/gingrich any time. >> charlie: thank you guys. i look forward to sunday. >> thank you, charlie. >> thanks charlie. . >> charlie: we conclude this evening with a valuaon with hamad bin jassim bin jabr al-thani. he was the prime minister of cutter. in recent years his coury has played an increasing role in the mid east region. he's frien with the united states as well as iran and hamas. krurlt has now led efforts by the arab leagu to act on syria. the prime minister has been in new york this week for debate of the united nations on the crises in syria. i spoke with him on wednesday afternoon. the portion of that interview air on cbs this morning. here is the full extended conversation. hub th
. >> charlie: mike is this as much fun for you as watching the republican debates which you've also been writing about. >> you know charlie, i've been writing, you asked me what i thought about mr. romney's comment about the very floor but we'll save that for another day because let me tell you something, if you're going to make me choose between contact sports, i will take giants patriots over romney/gingrich any time. >> charlie: thank you guys. i look forward to sunday....
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i think the debates played a large role as well. mitt romney did very well to answer your question. where he did well and gingrich did poorly was among married women. i think this is both a tribute to romney's strength and appeal. a plausibility. it's also a mark against newt gingrich. 52 to 30 he lost married women. that's a decisive margin. >> that's interesting. one of the things we took from south carolina is newt beginninh did well against married women. >> in south carolina there was more of a other issues truplting it. they vanning let cal and tea party passion. in florida the tea party passion is less. >> it's interesting this week looking at conservatives, do we know tonight whether the conservatives or most conservative voters want gingrich or romney. >> the south ideological voters, very conservative is the only group newt gingrich did carry over mitt romney. over somewhat conservatives and other conservatives and moderate liberals romney ran the score. >> in his remarkable concession speech, victory speech he gave tonight he didn't talk about big ideas. >> gingrich. >> y
i think the debates played a large role as well. mitt romney did very well to answer your question. where he did well and gingrich did poorly was among married women. i think this is both a tribute to romney's strength and appeal. a plausibility. it's also a mark against newt gingrich. 52 to 30 he lost married women. that's a decisive margin. >> that's interesting. one of the things we took from south carolina is newt beginninh did well against married women. >> in south carolina...
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we're not talking about obama versus mitt romney. it is the dominican republic presidential contest being held this weekend. it is playing out miles away. the votes of those living in the manhattan neighborhood of washington heights could tip the election balcombe. -- back home. ♪ >> the music is dominican. but this political rally is taking place in new york. more than 100,000 people are registered to vote in sunday's dominican republic president election. >> we are very close to our culture. even if we are in different places. >> politics is like this music for us. it is something traditional, like sports. it is in our blood. >> there are pragmatic reasons for getting involved, too. we want to make sure that things are going well. >> dominicans in new york remain attached to their culture of origin. they are becoming more influential. washington heights in manhattan is the heart of the dominican community. both candidates in the presidential election have campaigned here. in a close race, every vote from the u.s. could be crucial
we're not talking about obama versus mitt romney. it is the dominican republic presidential contest being held this weekend. it is playing out miles away. the votes of those living in the manhattan neighborhood of washington heights could tip the election balcombe. -- back home. ♪ >> the music is dominican. but this political rally is taking place in new york. more than 100,000 people are registered to vote in sunday's dominican republic president election. >> we are very close to...
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i thought it was very similar to mitt romney to the romney we saw in the first debate. what was different was his opponent. you saw mitt romney keep coming back to whatever president obama promises you have to remember we've had four years of what romney describes as the obama economy. he kept citing the number he always named on the stump. 23 million people looking for work. dropped out of the work force. don't have a job or underemployed. and one of the things that was really interesting to me was that as the conversation turned to certain groups of president obama has to win over, whether it's women, whether it's latinos, while president obama was offering specific prescriptions for women's health, for example, for immigration policy, mitt romney said the most important thing, whether you're a student, you need a job. you need a better economy. whether you're a woman asking about pay equity he said you need a job you need a better economy. for him it kept coming back to the same point again and again and again through the 90 minutes. >> ifill: that last question whic
i thought it was very similar to mitt romney to the romney we saw in the first debate. what was different was his opponent. you saw mitt romney keep coming back to whatever president obama promises you have to remember we've had four years of what romney describes as the obama economy. he kept citing the number he always named on the stump. 23 million people looking for work. dropped out of the work force. don't have a job or underemployed. and one of the things that was really interesting to...
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now by 2 to 1 supporting president obama over mitt romney. so this debate that we've had over about the last month that involves contraception and planned parenthood some of these other issues it seems clear that that's reverberating with a lot of women who are moving to the president's side. mitt romney now has a 19-point gender gap with women. there are not enough men in america to elect you if you have a 19-point gender gap with women. that is something that campaign is going to have to address. >> ifill: we'll be watching to see how they do that. susan page with usa today and craig gilbert of the milwaukee journal sent sentinel. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: now, little kids and the danger of hard hits in youth football. there's been growing awareness of the risks of head injury for those who play football at the high school level and higher, particularly at the professional level. but new research shows that young players may be knocking each other down with more force than many realize. special correspondent stone phil
now by 2 to 1 supporting president obama over mitt romney. so this debate that we've had over about the last month that involves contraception and planned parenthood some of these other issues it seems clear that that's reverberating with a lot of women who are moving to the president's side. mitt romney now has a 19-point gender gap with women. there are not enough men in america to elect you if you have a 19-point gender gap with women. that is something that campaign is going to have to...
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opponent, when romney ride to do it in the republican debate it didn't really work when he had a lead at one point he tried to stay above the fray and he engaged gingrich in a later debate and it worked better and i think the challenge for them now, for the obama team now is, they clearly can't follow the strategy in the second debate. what they also want to avoid a situation that happened with al fore where, al gore where you are seeing a different human being on the stage in the second debate than you are in the first debate. >> rose: go ahead. >> i think there is a certain starkness in the debate that you don't have in the convention. the contrast is extraordinary, in a convention, you are idolized 20,000 people in the room all love you, the energy of the crowd carries you on its shoulders, almost what you say doesn't matter long as long as you don't screw up, on a debate, there is a stark contrast because there is a very bare stage, if you look at there is nobody in front of you booing or cheering and you have a moderator and two people and almost like a gladiator and when you hav
opponent, when romney ride to do it in the republican debate it didn't really work when he had a lead at one point he tried to stay above the fray and he engaged gingrich in a later debate and it worked better and i think the challenge for them now, for the obama team now is, they clearly can't follow the strategy in the second debate. what they also want to avoid a situation that happened with al fore where, al gore where you are seeing a different human being on the stage in the second debate...
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we're not talking about obama versus romney. it is the dominican republic presidential contest being held this weekend which is playing out 15 million -- 1,500 miles away. those of whom live and the manhattan neighborhood of washington heights have gained clout and could tip the election back home. >> the music and slogans are unmistakably dominican. but his political rally is taking place in new york -- but this political rally is taking place in new york. more than 100,000 people are registered to vote in the dominican republic presidential election. >> we are very close to our culture. we draw on our culture even if we are in different places. >> politics is traditional, like sports. it is in our blood. >> there are pragmatic reasons for getting involved, too. most >> of us have families, investments -- >> most of us have families, but investment, businesses. we want to make sure things are going well. >> dominicans in new york remain attached to their country of origin. they are becoming more influential in the dominican rep
we're not talking about obama versus romney. it is the dominican republic presidential contest being held this weekend which is playing out 15 million -- 1,500 miles away. those of whom live and the manhattan neighborhood of washington heights have gained clout and could tip the election back home. >> the music and slogans are unmistakably dominican. but his political rally is taking place in new york -- but this political rally is taking place in new york. more than 100,000 people are...
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i think again that's going to be part of the debate. what is it we can tolerate? can i make another point for a second, gwen? amidst all sound bites of the campaign i thought today was a good day. the president gave a serious speech at the united nations sending some important messages to the middle east. he also gave a serious speech at the clinton global initiative about the importance of stopping human trafficking and modern-day slavery. at the same time governor romney gave his most thoughtful speech of the campaign about foreign policy, aid and foreign economic policy, the importance of introducing market incentives into our foreign economic policy. so all in all after all the sound bites and after all the negative clips, today was a thoughtful, positive day for american politics. wherever you come out in the political process i actually thought it was again the best day of the campaign season. >> ifill: always good to have a thougful, positive day. richard haas president for the council of foreign relations, ambassador nicholas burns at harvard kennedy schoo
i think again that's going to be part of the debate. what is it we can tolerate? can i make another point for a second, gwen? amidst all sound bites of the campaign i thought today was a good day. the president gave a serious speech at the united nations sending some important messages to the middle east. he also gave a serious speech at the clinton global initiative about the importance of stopping human trafficking and modern-day slavery. at the same time governor romney gave his most...
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now after two debates, it's romney who has been on the offensive in a way we've not seen him before and gingrich is a little bit lost and at sea. florida mearments of course in the republican race but also it's 29 electoral votes in the general election. so this is a -- an important proving ground. >> did romney make a deliberate shift? was this calculated? >> as gwynn said in the opening, he saw his political life flash before him over the weekend in south carolina and they have made a dramatic and aggressive pivot. a week ago today he had not committed to do any debates in florida. the day of the primary in south carolina when it was clear he was going to lose, he said i'll be at both debates. he had dawdled in releasing his tax information. the morning after the south carolina final, he said he would release them right away. he came out loaded in florida in both debates. it was a deliberate recognition that he was in real trouble. >> could you explain why it is that the roll any campaign and mitt romney himself did not plan better for the release of his tax returns, which he knew at
now after two debates, it's romney who has been on the offensive in a way we've not seen him before and gingrich is a little bit lost and at sea. florida mearments of course in the republican race but also it's 29 electoral votes in the general election. so this is a -- an important proving ground. >> did romney make a deliberate shift? was this calculated? >> as gwynn said in the opening, he saw his political life flash before him over the weekend in south carolina and they have...
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the big open question is, how much will this debate be defined with the romney campaign's efforts and willingness on the part of the weed by joe biden's verbal and visual ticks which could end up this is all it is remembered for, even if that is dominant on cable and in comedy shows, which i think it certainly will be, i don't think this debate is really going to change much about the trajectory of where the race is, it is all going to look toward the presidential debate coming up. >> rose: john heilemann? >> charlie, you know, the first, hain thing i thought at the end of this debate, man i can't wait to see what saturday night live does with it, there is just a lot of wonderful, a lot of lampoonable moments and lampoonable behaviors and stylistic stuff as mark was mentioning about joe biden. >> i thought this debate was even on both sides very, aimed very much at the base of both parties and not only will democrats be enthused and i will get back to that in a second but republicans who had invested a lot of hope in paul ryan as a bright shining hope they heard a lot of things from h
the big open question is, how much will this debate be defined with the romney campaign's efforts and willingness on the part of the weed by joe biden's verbal and visual ticks which could end up this is all it is remembered for, even if that is dominant on cable and in comedy shows, which i think it certainly will be, i don't think this debate is really going to change much about the trajectory of where the race is, it is all going to look toward the presidential debate coming up. >>...
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if it appears mitt romney is falling behind in this race. >> woodruff: lauren ashburn, howard kurtz, thank you both very much. and howard and lauren will be back next week the day after the first presidential debate to discuss how it played out in social media. >> brown: finally tonight: the nfl and its referees end a much-maligned lockout. >> jennings and tate, who has it? touchdown! >> brown: it may be the first labor dispute resolved by a touchdown. or what most fans and even one referee saw as an interception. nfl owners and the league's 121 official referees reached a new deal late last night, just two days after a national uproar following monday night's game between the green bay packers and the seattle seahawks. >> touchdown >> brown: the blown call capped weeks of growing frustration over what many saw as the inconsistency and even incompetence of replacement referees. several nfl coaches, including bill bellichcik of the new england patriots, were fined for blasts at and behavior toward the temporary refs and how they managed games. today, nfl commissioner roger goodell apo
if it appears mitt romney is falling behind in this race. >> woodruff: lauren ashburn, howard kurtz, thank you both very much. and howard and lauren will be back next week the day after the first presidential debate to discuss how it played out in social media. >> brown: finally tonight: the nfl and its referees end a much-maligned lockout. >> jennings and tate, who has it? touchdown! >> brown: it may be the first labor dispute resolved by a touchdown. or what most fans...
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debate one that goes away. debate two, there's a strong momentum toward romney, it's back. it's not back, we sort of hit the equilibrium where they are both quite popular now. so now it's who is going to be a better president. there is not a big personal dince there is policy differenceless. and so after second debate where people liked obama's his forcefulness, democrats were cheerd. and so now he goes not third debate and the final whatever it is, 19 days with a slight structural advantage, people are looking at every poll, every 13 secretaries. but that's too much information. he's got a -- >> it is interesting, do you buy it that they are both popular now, because months ago when we were sitting here you are saying there wasn't much enthusiasm for either n a way, you know. >> the enthusiasm is certainly up there for romney at this point. and i don't think you can overstate the importance of the first debate in the election of 2012. by his unilateral disarmament, disengagement, call it what you want, the president enabled mitt romney to explunge all the negatives that th
debate one that goes away. debate two, there's a strong momentum toward romney, it's back. it's not back, we sort of hit the equilibrium where they are both quite popular now. so now it's who is going to be a better president. there is not a big personal dince there is policy differenceless. and so after second debate where people liked obama's his forcefulness, democrats were cheerd. and so now he goes not third debate and the final whatever it is, 19 days with a slight structural advantage,...
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the debate performance. he's been consistent and good on his debate performances. in addition, he was willing to spend the time of retail politicking that is going in and personally campaigning in states that have caucuses. this is not unimportant. but do not overlook what this firestorm we were just discussing did to him three weeks ago the political dialogue in the country was income inequality, the economy, the obama is on the offensive, republicans are divided about extension of the middle class tax cuts. and what happens in the meanwhile? this issue comes front and forward, the question of life, of religious freedom, of the government overreaching and soition and cultural issues replasd who has been in the tribune of the social and cultural and religious issues, rick santorum. the ramono people are just incede blae clever because they dealt a serious blow to mitt romney by putting the turf or news -- >> they got planned parenthood involved. the court on gay marriage. a big conspiracy. >> i really do thi
the debate performance. he's been consistent and good on his debate performances. in addition, he was willing to spend the time of retail politicking that is going in and personally campaigning in states that have caucuses. this is not unimportant. but do not overlook what this firestorm we were just discussing did to him three weeks ago the political dialogue in the country was income inequality, the economy, the obama is on the offensive, republicans are divided about extension of the middle...
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it all makes for high stakes tonight, in the second of this fall's obama-romney debates. >> how are you feeling about tonight? >> i feel fabulous. look at this beautiful day. >> woodruff: the president was in good spirits this morning as he left his debate camp in williams burg virginia. he headed for hempstead new york and his second showdown with republican mitt romney who had been preparing in boston. meanwhile the campaigning continued without let-up. republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan arrived at a lynchburg, virginia, event with flags flying. >> this is not just an election about more take-home pay or more job creation. it's not just about preventing a debt crisis from turning us into europe. it is about what kind of country we're going to be, what kind of people we're going to be. >> woodruff: and the obama campaign turned to former president clinton in a new web video charging the romney tax plan favors the wealthy. >> i know how this works. because i'm one of those folks. if i get governor romney's 20% income tax cut, you can take away my home mortgage deduction, my
it all makes for high stakes tonight, in the second of this fall's obama-romney debates. >> how are you feeling about tonight? >> i feel fabulous. look at this beautiful day. >> woodruff: the president was in good spirits this morning as he left his debate camp in williams burg virginia. he headed for hempstead new york and his second showdown with republican mitt romney who had been preparing in boston. meanwhile the campaigning continued without let-up. republican vice...
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it's not clear the dynamic romney gives 3 great debate performs a not clear the undecide you had will tip to him. i don't know that will happen. some mesa he's acceptable but in the end not quite acceptable enough. >> i agree with everything john. one of the things that's been remarkable to me in the past week, we saw mitt romney not come pain on labor day. i don't want to overstress the appearance factor here. i can't remember the last time that happened mitt romney doesn't embrace the ceremonial aspects of this retail. forfeited fund raising as oppose today campaigning and presenting himself. swing states very, very controlled. i do think this matter. i don't think it can be 1 -- presenting the case right now signature on well over $150 million they're planning on use forking fall tiegz buy. there's so many ads on so many races and so many different entities super pacs campaigns it has to be a clear message to break through. the other message they focused on is this welfare message about the gutting of welfare by president owe become ma. bill clinton did a lot to rebut that. that wa
it's not clear the dynamic romney gives 3 great debate performs a not clear the undecide you had will tip to him. i don't know that will happen. some mesa he's acceptable but in the end not quite acceptable enough. >> i agree with everything john. one of the things that's been remarkable to me in the past week, we saw mitt romney not come pain on labor day. i don't want to overstress the appearance factor here. i can't remember the last time that happened mitt romney doesn't embrace the...
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is going to let the-- mitt romney is going to sort of let the cuts from the debate play all the way through tomorrow morning, not going to get in front of the cameras again until tomorrow afternoon when he holds a rally in virginia and on into the weekend he'll number florida, virginia and florida, of course, being two of the most important swing state in the election this year. >> woodruff: ari shapiro, scott horsily, thankou. you are our eyes and ears on the ground. >> ifill: what do you think about what they said, that obama came in just not to make a mistake? >> scott made a good point about one of the themes obama kept hitting was the secret plans. and one of his finer moments in the campaign was are you keeping them secret because the details are so good, and that was a good moment for obama. i'm not sure there were that many of them. but that was a good moment. i'm not sure your plans are secret are the strongest themes but he did hit on that. >> if you're going to mentio secret plans why not mention other secrets about the governor. i thought both scott and ari read the resp
is going to let the-- mitt romney is going to sort of let the cuts from the debate play all the way through tomorrow morning, not going to get in front of the cameras again until tomorrow afternoon when he holds a rally in virginia and on into the weekend he'll number florida, virginia and florida, of course, being two of the most important swing state in the election this year. >> woodruff: ari shapiro, scott horsily, thankou. you are our eyes and ears on the ground. >> ifill: what...
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. >> two weeks ago, a 19-minute debate between president barack obama and governor mitt romney changed the american election. in a few hours' time, there will hold their second debate. mr. obama hopes he can swing in the race back in his favor. from new york. >> the president has something to prove to 9 in the last debate he seemed disengaged, passionless, and a tired. mitt romney attacked, and he failed to fight back. nearly 17 million americans watched and the opinion polls and narrowed. there is a lot to play for. >> when this started out, it looked like mitt romney thought he could get elected by not being barack obama. after a while, a look like obama could get reelected by not being met romney. it turns out that is not going to work for either of them. they have to give voters an affirmative reason to support them. >> i still fabulous. >> obama has been locked away with his team, preparing. in the past, this format has produced surprises. >> can he get things done? >> undecided voters will pose questions on both domestic and foreign affairs. >> they say the white house romney bla
. >> two weeks ago, a 19-minute debate between president barack obama and governor mitt romney changed the american election. in a few hours' time, there will hold their second debate. mr. obama hopes he can swing in the race back in his favor. from new york. >> the president has something to prove to 9 in the last debate he seemed disengaged, passionless, and a tired. mitt romney attacked, and he failed to fight back. nearly 17 million americans watched and the opinion polls and...
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romney is behind us. the president is on his own. just weeks ago at the democratic convention he had a nice assist from former president bill clinton. bill clinton has weighed in on this issue. again, it is one thing for you and me to talk about. when bill clinton says something, people start to pay attention. he has weighed in on this and said something i want you to unpack. he has argued that the republicans what the electorate in 2012 to look like the 2010 electorate and not like the 2008 electorate. explain what he meant by thtat. >> if you look at the 2008 electorate, it was a the per se electric, a denver electorate. and it signaled a democrat change in the country and what the electorate will look like going forward in 2016 and beyond. that is why i called the coalition of the ascendant. if you look at 2010, it was an electorate that was older and more conservative. that is why republicans did so well in 2010 and not so well in 2008. clinton said this is not rocket science, that what republicans want to do is they want to make
romney is behind us. the president is on his own. just weeks ago at the democratic convention he had a nice assist from former president bill clinton. bill clinton has weighed in on this issue. again, it is one thing for you and me to talk about. when bill clinton says something, people start to pay attention. he has weighed in on this and said something i want you to unpack. he has argued that the republicans what the electorate in 2012 to look like the 2010 electorate and not like the 2008...
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>> since you mention medicaid, let me ask you to explain what this debate is about. most americans are just starting to tune in to the sprint from labor day to election day. you have these upcoming debates. there is going to be a lot of back-and-forth about medicaid. these charges are going back and forth between the camps. give me your view about what this is about. >> there are two programs -- medicare and medicaid, which is for poor people but also for many seniors who have lost their assets and need medicaid. with medicare, what paul ryan and presumably ryan want to do is to turn medicaid into vouchers. they do not keep up with expenditures in health care costs. with regard to medicaid, they want to turn it over to the states, reduce federal funding so the states do not have any money. the states have rigid budget constraints, and they cannot run deficits, which means medicaid, the program for middle class, elderly people, and everybody that is goingrmpoor, to shrivel to a small portion of what is today. those programs are going to suffer, and the people who rely
>> since you mention medicaid, let me ask you to explain what this debate is about. most americans are just starting to tune in to the sprint from labor day to election day. you have these upcoming debates. there is going to be a lot of back-and-forth about medicaid. these charges are going back and forth between the camps. give me your view about what this is about. >> there are two programs -- medicare and medicaid, which is for poor people but also for many seniors who have lost...
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between ted kennedy and mitt romney, in which mitt romney declared his unswerving commitment to a woman's right to choose, and he did not want to interfere with that. look at where he is now. what more can you say about this? >> wonderful line -- "i am pro- choice, governor romney is multiple choice." >> has anything changed? >> what has changed is the way the country looks at a portion 20 years later. it is the one social issue where the country has moved right. 50% of americans are self- described pro-choice, 10% more than the -- i'm sorry, i got that wrong. half are pro-life, and that is more than the number who are pro-choice, which is a real change from 20 years ago that we saw in that clip. >> in a lot of talk about the economy and women's issues. what did it they not talk about at the convention? >> what they did not talk about what they should a park what is the economy and the deficit. -- what they should have talked about is the economy and the deficit. >> the president mentioned the deficit. >> not to the extent that he should have. he has got to talk about that, when are we go
between ted kennedy and mitt romney, in which mitt romney declared his unswerving commitment to a woman's right to choose, and he did not want to interfere with that. look at where he is now. what more can you say about this? >> wonderful line -- "i am pro- choice, governor romney is multiple choice." >> has anything changed? >> what has changed is the way the country looks at a portion 20 years later. it is the one social issue where the country has moved right. 50%...
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. >> holman: meanwhile republican presidential nominee mitt romney continued debate preparations at a private home in vermont. however he took a quick trip to an appliance store in nearby lebanon, new hampshire, where he spoke with supporters about the needs of small business. wall street hesitated today, after a profit warning from the shipping giant fed-ex. the company said it's being hurt by a slowdown in business-- the latest sign that the global economy is dialing back. that was enough to keep stocks in check. the dow jones industrial average gained 11 points to close at 13,047. the nasdaq fell five points to close at 3,069. the passage of hurricane isaac has exposed oil from the 2010 spill, along the louisiana and alabama coastline. b.p. acknowledged today that the oily tar came from its record- breaking leak at a gulf well site. the tar balls and mats had been buried under sand since then, but re-appeared after the hurricane caused severe beach erosion. louisiana has closed one stretch of beach and restricted fishing. the government of syria came under new pressure today from t
. >> holman: meanwhile republican presidential nominee mitt romney continued debate preparations at a private home in vermont. however he took a quick trip to an appliance store in nearby lebanon, new hampshire, where he spoke with supporters about the needs of small business. wall street hesitated today, after a profit warning from the shipping giant fed-ex. the company said it's being hurt by a slowdown in business-- the latest sign that the global economy is dialing back. that was...
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>> mitt romney will do surprisingly well in the first debate because expectations are so low. >> two parts of spain will break away two months from now and the
>> mitt romney will do surprisingly well in the first debate because expectations are so low. >> two parts of spain will break away two months from now and the
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>> yes i think you are looking at a republican party that is self-destructing on various debate stages across the country, with front running candidates all, each of whom have some decisive flaw, either th santorum they can't appeal beyond their se constituents situate and romney and gingrich who hurl accusations at each other all of which are true. so that is a real problem for the republican party >> rose: and -- >> just, who just gave the rebuttal to the president, daniels who should have been on that stage at some point, you can name any number of serious republicans who ought to have been contenders for the presidency this year, they all ceded the field for a variety of reasons, and this is what you have got, wn a party runs with losers it should expect to lose. >> rose: well, you have been covering florida -- bert, go ahead. >> i would just add, i talked to a top republican they said the good news is w we have a great bench. the bad news is all of thead news is on the bench. >> rose: you are covering the republicans. yes, doris, go ahead. >> i would like to just add, i mean, i th
>> yes i think you are looking at a republican party that is self-destructing on various debate stages across the country, with front running candidates all, each of whom have some decisive flaw, either th santorum they can't appeal beyond their se constituents situate and romney and gingrich who hurl accusations at each other all of which are true. so that is a real problem for the republican party >> rose: and -- >> just, who just gave the rebuttal to the president, daniels...
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debate performance by governor romney did move a lot of numbers around. and that's why it was so important that joe biden stop the momentum in that direction. and everybody's favorite analogy this week was this is like a major league baseball team. it's ok to drop the first game. but if you go down two games in a row, you're in serious trouble. gwen: i wonder why we had baseball analogies. i can't imagine. go nats. and i still want to ask the question about what these candidates do about this? if they know they're neck and neck and got three weeks to go, and they know that two debates in those three weeks, how do you start strategizing, what are they doing, what's different? >> the obama campaign, what they say is that this is always been a football game. that's going to be won by a field goal. not a touchdown. they are working very hard on their ground game. they are supremely confident in their ground game. again, as doyle said, people are already voting. and so i think in the end, that's where the money and -- is going to go. gwen: one of the interesti
debate performance by governor romney did move a lot of numbers around. and that's why it was so important that joe biden stop the momentum in that direction. and everybody's favorite analogy this week was this is like a major league baseball team. it's ok to drop the first game. but if you go down two games in a row, you're in serious trouble. gwen: i wonder why we had baseball analogies. i can't imagine. go nats. and i still want to ask the question about what these candidates do about this?...
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with romney about -- >> rose: the shorthand is -- the romney campaign, the conventional wisdom, the conventional wisdom is now if in fact governor romney can make this a referendum on the obama economic performance he wins, do you accept that? >> no, yes, he would but, but he has a lot else going on but what he said zero on the job numbers this was a kick in the guts of the middle class, so he put it into the frame of the middle class, we want that, that is accepting what the president is saying, is that the future of the middle class is what this election is about and when we move to the future, on any choice you want to make about how to go forward, obama -- >> rom in i have a very, very defined challenger right now, and people, people basically, the narrative on romney is he is pretty strong, i mean,. >> rose: you believe it is beyond an opportunity for him to define himself? >> well, i am not going to say that, you know, he has got -- he has never done it as governor, he has whole parts of his life, governor, because of healthcare, religion, because of mormon, there is a whole b
with romney about -- >> rose: the shorthand is -- the romney campaign, the conventional wisdom, the conventional wisdom is now if in fact governor romney can make this a referendum on the obama economic performance he wins, do you accept that? >> no, yes, he would but, but he has a lot else going on but what he said zero on the job numbers this was a kick in the guts of the middle class, so he put it into the frame of the middle class, we want that, that is accepting what the...
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a lot of things went right for the debate in denver. i think they also really feel that him going back to what they see as his moderate and pragmatic massachusetts' route was a winner for them with the voters. i think they will double down on that. tavis: it was about foreign policy exclusively but it doesn't mean that it won't come up tomorrow night. in answer to some question, whether it is relevant or not, he is going to get that yen. what is your sense over the last few days about what they think they are making on the libya issue and what they are trying to hide? >> and the president is playing a bad hand here. at the facts are bad. the administration has not satisfactorily accounted for what happened. we don't know if it was an intelligence failure, some kind of a cover-up, the stories have changed. most voters don't care and are focused on issues that are closer to home. i think it is all of the governor romney. seizing on this issue, as with the case with a lot of foreign policy issues, tried to use it as a metaphor for strength
a lot of things went right for the debate in denver. i think they also really feel that him going back to what they see as his moderate and pragmatic massachusetts' route was a winner for them with the voters. i think they will double down on that. tavis: it was about foreign policy exclusively but it doesn't mean that it won't come up tomorrow night. in answer to some question, whether it is relevant or not, he is going to get that yen. what is your sense over the last few days about what they...